diff --git a/scripts/run-local-test b/scripts/run-local-test
index 1983ea8ed..c9437258a 100755
--- a/scripts/run-local-test
+++ b/scripts/run-local-test
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ fi
 # Display list of installed packages with versions (debugging failures)
 "${HOME}/test-python/bin/pip" freeze
 
+# Ensure we don't keep any dangling sudo session in the shell
+sudo -k
+
 # Run local test
 PS1="[\u@\h \W]\$" source "${HOME}/test-python/bin/activate"
 source "${PROJECT_DIR}/ansible-test-env.rc"